How to quote a multiple purchase of eIS items to Japan?

[a_c_green]

A seller I'm mentoring has a situation with which I have zero familiarity.

He sells individual records - vinyl LPs - as BuyItNow with Free Shipping domestically and eBay International Shipping to other countries. He has had some multiple purchases domestically, for which he offers 20% off on 5 or more records, and 30% off for 10 or more, with that discount sent as a partial refund after the package has shipped. (That is not quoted in the listings, but offered one-on-one in messaging whenever someone asks.) His international sales have all been single listings so far...

Today he got an inquiry from someone in Japan who wants to buy 10 records, and wants a Shipping quote for those. I tried setting my location to Japan and viewing one typical record listing, and it showed me a little over $20 for eIS shipping to send one record there. 

That's as far as I got. Is the Japanese buyer able to put 10 records in his cart to buy all at once? If he does, is eBay really going to stick him with over $200 in shipping/Customs charges? Considering that eBay collects those charges and does not pass them on to the seller, how does the seller provide a discount for multiple items bought as one purchase with eBay International Shipping? Thanks in advance...

[wastingtime101]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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So I just got an update: as of a couple hours ago, the buyer had made the offer, the seller accepted it, buyer paid, and the package is all ready to go out in the morning. Thanks everyone!

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That's great. Did your mentee take our advice and lower the price to $200 OBO to make sure the ship charge was in line with the product offering?

[wastingtime101]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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If he lists at $1000 but accepts $100 from his buyer, will eIS bill the Shipping cost based on $1000 or $100?

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Hey @a_c_green . I know this transaction is said and done, but I have an update for you on the above question.

I was able to confirm when the buyer sees a higher ship cost on a $1k listing that includes DDP (prepaid duties) based on the item's value, but a lower offer price of $100 is accepted, the ship cost will adjust in line with the offer price rather than the original list price. The change is reflected on the checkout screen after the offer is accepted.

[a_c_green]

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@wastingtime101 wrote:

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@a_c_green wrote:

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If he lists at $1000 but accepts $100 from his buyer, will eIS bill the Shipping cost based on $1000 or $100?

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Hey @a_c_green . I know this transaction is said and done, but I have an update for you on the above question.

I was able to confirm when the buyer sees a higher ship cost on a $1k listing that includes DDP (prepaid duties) based on the item's value, but a lower offer price of $100 is accepted, the ship cost will adjust in line with the offer price rather than the original list price. The change is reflected on the checkout screen after the offer is accepted.

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Hi @wastingtime101 , thanks for that. Sorry about missing your previous question, but what happened was that he set the deterrent price at $200, after determining that its shipping charge would be within a few bucks of that for the $100 to be accepted, so even if the charge did not scale downward when the lower price was accepted, it would have been a pretty negligible difference anyway. 

I understand that the box is now in Japan, although tracking shows that they're having difficulty getting it delivered ("recipient notified" and all that) for the past three days. I'm glad that this is an eBay International Shipping package so the seller does not have to worry about it. From what I hear, the buyer has a good reputation so maybe he's just going to collect it on the weekend.